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"The face of the operation is Briatore (referred to exclusively in the film by his colleagues and angry, chanting detractors as "Flavio"), an anthropomorphic radish who spends most of his time at QPR plotting to fire all of the managers."

At press time, Harbaugh had sent Michigan’s athletic department an envelope containing a heavily annotated seating chart, a list of the 63,000 seat views he had found unsatisfactory, and a glowing 70-page report on section 25, row 12, seat 9, which he claimed is “exactly what the great sport of football is all about.”

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Also, while I pretend to have your attention, there is one stat I haven't seen about the game yesterday... was 65 the most points a team has ever scored in a losing effort? I've seen all the combined point total stats, but I'd have to go out on a limb and say that scoring 65 points and losing has to put you at the top of a list somewhere...

EDIT: I guess this actually isn't in reference to the Michigan game. This is the 5th most recent post on the Illinois board, but it came from April of this year... that's pretty pathetic.

So the numbers put up today by Illinois and Michigan were unbelievable, but I thought it would be interesting to consider them with a bit of context. So consider this:

Today's combined score of 132 is

More than the total number of points given up by the 1997 team (114).

Only 33 points less than the total given up by last year's NC winner Alabama, and that was over 14 games (165).

The 67 points given up the Illini is:

More than the combined points they have given up in Big 10 play (62) if you exclude OSU.

Represents the most points scored by UM this season, and makes UM the only team in the country to score 61+ against two FBS teams this season.

The 257 net rushing yards by UM is

5 yards less than Illinois gave up the past two weeks combined (to Purdue and Indiana).

More than doubled the average rushing yards given up by the Illini this season (117.5 yds/gm).

A little less than half the total rushing yards given up by the Boise St. this year, the #2 rush defense in the country.

The 419 passing yards by UM is

2.2 times the number of average passing yards given up the Illini this season (184 yds/gm).

259 yds less than the total number of passing yds by Georgia Tech this season.

This might be a little convoluted, but if 419 yds is considered in terms of miles, the distance between Ann Arbor to Urbana (~347 miles) is less.

The combined 49 2nd-quarter points is

Equal to or greater than the final scores for 7 games this week featuring at least 1 ranked team.

More than the combined scores for every Big 10 game this weekend, save for the 56 put up by PSU-NW.

The 561 total yards given up by UM is:

About 2.5 times more than the average total yardage given up the 1997 team (223 yds/gm).

But, only .5 yds/play more than the defense usually gives up per game (6.07), and factoring out the OT scoring was just about equal per play for the season.

Miscellaneous:

UM's 3rd-quarter shutout of Illinois was only the 2nd time during league play the defense had accomplished the feat (the other time was the 1st quarter against MSU).

Illinois was credited with only one sack on the day, which is below the average for Illinois (1.88/gm) and only raised UM's total for the year to 4. Think about that for a second and then think about 2008.

So yeah, not all great news, but I am still constantly amazed by what this offense is able to do against legitimately good defenses.

The guy that Tate slammed into on the sideline apparently works at ABC 7 Detroit news. He interviewed Tate after the game, and Tate's reaction was priceless. Watch the Video on the linked page. I would embed if I wasn't an idiot. Great, great, amazing game.

So seeing as the day after tomorrow we are playing a pretty big football game against Illinois, I figured it may be appropriate to actually, you know, discuss this. Here are some relevant statistics for the game Saturday:

Quarterbacks:

Illinois

Yds

Comp %

Y/A

TD/Int

Nathan Scheelhaase

1099

61.45

6.6

10/7

Michigan

Yds

Comp %

Y/A

TD/Int

Denard Robinson

1509

65.06

9.1

10/5

Tate Forcier

349

73.17

8.5

2/2

Devin Gardner

85

70.00

8.5

1/0

Overall Statistics:

Offense

Avg

Yards

Pass

Rush

Y/R

Y/A

ILL
MICH

26.9
35.4

337.5
518.4

143.1
242.9

194.4
275.5

4.5
6.4

6.5
9.0

Defense

Avg

Yards

Pass

Rush

Y/R

Y/A

ILL
MICH

16.8
30.0

301.4
440.2

183.9
290.5

117.5
149.8

3.6
4.0

5.9
8.2

Last 3 Games:

Offense

Avg

Yards

Pass

Rush

Y/R

Y/A

ILL
MICH

31.0
25.3

311.7
440.7

156.0
246.7

155.7
194.0

3.8
4.9

6.5
7.6

Defense

Avg

Yards

Pass

Rush

Y/R

Y/A

ILL
MICH

16.3
37.7

295.7
451.3

177.3
261.7

118.3
189.7

3.6
4.6

5.7
10.1

Michigan Stats/Rankings:

Offense

Record

Rank

Total Yards

518.4

4

Passing Yards

242.9

43

Rushing Yards

275.5

8

Points Scored

35.4

19

Field Goal %

33.3

119

Defense

Record

Rank

Total Yards

440.2

106

Passing Yards

290.5

117

Rushing Yards

149.8

57

Points Allowed

30

89

Field Goal %

88.9

103

Illinois Stats/Rankings:

Offense

Record

Rank

Total Yards

337.5

85

Passing Yards

143.1

111

Rushing Yards

194.4

24

Points Scored

26.9

62

Field Goal %

88.2

14

Defense

Record

Rank

Total Yards

301.4

15

Passing Yards

183.9

19

Rushing Yards

117.5

26

Points Allowed

16.8

12

Field Goal %

83.3

89

Illinois Injury Report:

Player

Injury

Status/Updated

Notes

Jarred Fayson

WR

Leg

Prob Sat - 11/3/10

Fayson is recovering from a leg injury but is expected to play Saturday against Michigan.

Jason Ford

RB

Ankle

Prob Sat - 11/1/10

Ford missed last game against Purdue due to an ankle injury but has been upgraded to probable for Saturday's game against Michigan.

Steve Hull

WR

Ankle

Prob Sat - 11/4/10

Hull missed last game against Purdue due to an ankle injury but expects to play Saturday against Michigan.

Russell Ellington

LB

Shoulder

Ques Sat - 10/31/10

Ellington missed last game against Purdue due to a shoulder injury and remains questionable for Saturday's game against Michigan.

Corey Lewis

OL

Knee

out for season - 9/3/10

Lewis will miss the entire 2010 season after tearing his ACL in a spring game.

Supo Sanni

DB

Achilles

out for season - 9/1/10

Sanni will miss the entire 2010 season after rupturing his right Achilles tendon.

So there you go. Let's talk Illinois. Illinois has a tough defense but their passing offense is one of the worst in the nation. Now our defense can certainly make anyone look good, but our team has a tendency to rotate on/off games. I think this game is at least competitive with Illinois winning 31-28 due to some missed opportunities on offense.

Thread rules: no talk about NCAA rulings, Rodriguez's job security, or who should replace GERG.